Hollinger's 2010-11 Raptors Player Projections

 Combo guard who can run offense but tends to over-dribble. Improved passer.
 Average shooter but draws fouls on drives. Tends to play well late in season.
 Struggles to defend quick point guards. Strong enough to check most 2s.

 Well-built forward who likes to shoot outside jumpers and crash offensive boards.
 Straight-line, right-hand driver. Left arm might as well have hook at end.
 Subpar defender who is too slow to guard wings and too short to defend 4s.

 Among fastest players in league end-to-end; loves to streak up left side on break.
 Accurate long-range shooter despite odd release but has terrible court vision.
 Faces major size disadvantage at the 2. Gets steals but is not a good defender.

 Athletic wing who can guard perimeter. Very good leaper and finisher.
 Good elevation on jump shot. Can hit from midrange over defenders.
 Needs better ball skills and more consistent long-range shot. Never draws fouls.

 Good pick-and-pop shooter who can also make turnarounds and hooks in post.
 Soft defender who gives ground and struggles to guard post without fouling.
 Decent leaper who can rebound, but poor lateral quickness.

 Slender, athletic forward who can handle the ball, run and jump.
 Poor outside shot limits halfcourt role; prone to poor decisions.
 Good rebounder for size and solid defender, but a tweener in terms of size.

 Aggressive, athletic point guard with penchant for dribbling into trouble.
 Outstanding at pressuring ball but picks up fouls. Likes to push ball in transition.
 Below average outside shooter.

REGGIE EVANS, PF - No projection

 Tough, strong 4 who dominates on glass despite lack of hops and mobility.
 Regarded as one of league's dirtiest players. Picks up fouls in bunches.
 Can't shoot or get own shot. Offense comes almost entirely off put-backs.

What he wrote about Amir's offense is a year old. Right now Johnson is one of the best in the NBA is rolling to the basket and finishing on post-ups and cuts to the basket to say nothing about in transition. He is also one of the best in the NBA at catching, shooting and finishing around the basket.

Regarding his one on one defense I agree that Johnson needs to improve in that area and obviously reduce his foul rate.

However, Hollinger's stats ignore team defense an area that Johnson has shown over the last three seasons to be consistently above average compared to other NBA Big men.

If 15 Per is an average NBA player he only has 3 players above that? Brutal! I dislike Hollinger with a passion, but this is relatively good, compared to the majority of his hack reporting. I'd say, Derozan, Kleiza, Johnson, Weems and maybe Wright will perform better than his projection. And Andersen seems to be the only one who seems a little too high.

Also, Kleiza and/or Bargnani will both score more than Barbosa.

However, looking at the roster I may finally be more a little realistic(pessimistic) This is not a top 12 team in the East.

Pretty impressive job by Hollinger, I would like to see ANYBODY on Raps Republic go through every player in the league and critique them. Of course there's going to be minor glitches like Bargs rebounds going down, but for the most part he's right about each of these guys traits.

I would have to disagree with almost everyone of Hollinger predictions. Jarret jack averaging 16.5 points a game and calderon averaging 17 points a game. If Hollinger didn't have a PHD in statistics then I would say Johnny doesn't now crap.

If Hollinger is going to be the ESPN Stats Guy and make projections there should be a disclaimer on the degree of confidence (or accuracy from previous years) in his numbers. Like +/- 1.2 PER. He was off on Bargs and DeRozan last year, if I recall correctly they both had +2 higher PER then Hollinger's season projections.

I hate guys that claim themselves to be experts and yet don't self evaluate themselves at the end of the season to report on how they did. They never make evaluation mistakes, the player always makes an unexpected leap, or who would have known ...

His stuff is usually BS, I'd prefer opinions from someone who actually watches the games.